Mendelian inheritance, linkage and genotypic disequilibrium in microsatellite loci isolated from Hymenaea courbaril (Leguminosae)
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2012-01-01
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The Neotropical tree Hymenaea courbaril, locally known as Jatoba, is a valuable source of lumber and also produces comestible and medicinal fruit. We characterized Mendelian inheritance, linkage and genotypic disequilibrium at nine microsatellite loci isolated from H. courbaril, in order to determine if they would provide accurate estimates of population genetic parameters of this important Amazon species. The study was made on 250 open-pollinated offspring originated from 14 seed trees. Only one of nine loci presented significant deviation from the expected Mendelian segregation (1: 1). Genotypic disequilibrium between pairwise loci was investigated based on samples from 55 adult and 56 juvenile trees. No genetic linkage between any paired loci was observed. After Bonferroni's corrections for multiple tests, we found no evidence of genotypic disequilibrium between pairs of loci. We conclude that this set of loci can be used for genetic diversity/structure, mating system, gene flow, and parentage analyses in H. courbaril populations.
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Brazilian Amazon, Hymenaea courbaril, SSR loci, Mendelian inheritance, Neotropical tree, Population genetics
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Genetics and Molecular Research. Ribeirao Preto: Funpec-editora, v. 11, n. 3, p. 1942-1948, 2012.